Summary:
Pune, Oct 18 (PTI) Police on Monday arrested a 27-year-old female assistant of K P Gosavi, an independent witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs-on-cruise bust, in a 2018 cheating case registered in Pune in which the latter is the main accused, an official said.
Last week, the Pune police had issued a lookout circular against Gosavi, the main suspect, in connection with the cheating case to prevent him from leaving the country.
Meanwhile, the Palghar Police on Monday said they have formed teams to arrest Gosavi against whom a case of cheating under the pretext of offering jobs in Malaysia was registered at the Kelwa police station in the district neighbouring Mumbai.
Gosavi is one of the nine independent witnesses of the NCB in the case related to the alleged recovery of drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast earlier this month.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan"s son Aryan is one of the accused arrested in the drugs case.
Rajendra Landage, senior inspector, Faraskhana police station, Pune, said they have arrested one Sherbano Kureshi, a resident of Govandi in Mumbai, in connection with the case in which one Chinmay Deshmukh was allegedly cheated by Gosavi to the tune of Rs 3.09 lakh on the pretext of offering him a job in Malaysia in the hotel industry.